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Objective: Develop an accessible education module and test whether presence of diabetes complicationsandfunctionalimpairmentsdifferentiallyimpactedinterventionusability. Method: 30AfricanAmericanswith type 2 diabetes completed 1 of 4 (90-min) group education classes. Preintervention measuresincluded medical history, Medical Outcomes Study Short Form–8, Telephone Interview for CognitiveStatus, and Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Knowledge Test. For outcomes comparisons, patientswere...

South Africa's education system is still deep in the throes of reform under its third Minister of Education since 1994. Poor communities, in particular those of rural Africans, bear the brunt of the past inequalities. The challenge was to explore the extent of the “gap” in students' scores by comparing the advantaged and disadvantaged communities in this context. The TIMSS-Repeat 1999 data were explored and 3 categories of students were ultimately identified: advantaged, semi-advantaged, and...

This paper examines the availability and adequacy of schools’ infrastructural facilities for implementation of the Universal Basic Education program in Nigeria. Adopting the ex post facto design, the researchers used existing school data on physical facilities, including a survey of key stakeholders in the education sector. Data analysed revealed inadequacy of physical facilities for effective implementation of the UBE program. It was accordingly recommended that government at the national,...

The struggle of high-poverty schools for survival is well documented. Some have overcome poverty-related odds and performed exceptionally well, prompting the following research question: What elements constitute a profile of effective leadership in high-poverty schools? Investigations conducted at six successful high-poverty schools revealed the contribution of invitational leadership to this success. I look at the personal traits and capabilities of effective leaders in high-poverty...

This study investigated whether African American high school freshman students experience stereotype threat when taking a test that is seen as a predictor of their success on a high-stakes test. The authors conceptually replicated a previous study by Kellow and Jones (2005) using a true experimental design, as opposed to a quasi-experimental design. White students scored statistically significantly higher than African American students when told that their test performance would be...

Journal Article Gastrointestinal pathology in the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: review of endoscopic and pathology records Get access Paul Kelly, Paul Kelly ⁎ aTropical Gastroenterology and Nutrition Group, University of Zambia School of Medicine, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, ZambiabInstitute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts & The London School of Medicine, London, UKcDepartment of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,...

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS (M.A.) IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERISTY ZARIA. FEBRUARY, 2008

Because testicular cancer incidence rates among white men have been increasing in the United States for more than half a century, 1 McGlynn K.A. Devesa S.S. Sigurdson A.J. et al. Trends in the incidence of testicular germ cell tumors in the United States. Cancer. 2003; 97: 63-70 Crossref PubMed Scopus (267) Google Scholar we believe it is critically important to monitor the trends among other U.S. racial and ethnic groups. We therefore read with great interest the companion articles on...

Tephra layers from Bed I of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, are correlated directly to their source volcanoes in the nearby Ngorongoro Volcanic Highlands (NVH) based on composition, texture, and age. Tephra in lower Bed I are more silicic than the upper Bed I tephra, and most contain quartz. The Naabi Ignimbrite from lower Bed I is compositionally similar to an ignimbrite exposed close to Ngorongoro Crater. None of the sampled tephra from the Ngorongoro Crater wall is an exact match for the Naabi...

Current debates about race are not always successful in capturing issues of materiality which were a strong feature of social history and Marxist work twenty and thirty years ago. In this paper we approach the issue of race and the way it is experienced by exploring the life narratives of teachers in South Africa. In this exercise we show that race was experienced within material contexts which were themselves characterized by racial inequality and by material inequalities. The result of...

The paper attempts to provide relevant data on the achievements, albeit quantitatively, of the National Correspondence Institute of Tanzania over the past 30 years as a case study in distance education innovation. The case‐study data reveal reasons for the near collapse of the distance education programme during the 1990s, and the renewed policy thrust to use distance education to meet expanded secondary education development programmes in the twenty‐first century. For Tanzania to achieve...

It is now generally evident that the prevalence rates of various mental disorders in Africa are similar if not identical to those found in the West. Poverty and the relative deficiency of human resources are compounding factors that make it unlikely for replication of psychiatric and mental health services in the same quality and quantity as currently provided in resource-rich countries.

The impacts of climate change on the range of the tick-borne disease Theileriosis (East Coast fever (ECF)) in sub-Saharan Africa are predicted using a species distribution model and current and future climates simulated by the nested regional climate model DARLAM (Division of Atmospheric Limited Area Model). These results, based on the predicted distribution of the main tick vector species (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) and its host, cattle, shows that the Northern Cape and Eastern Cape...

Abstract This research review examines trends in recent scholarship concerning primary school literacy instruction in Southern Africa. Past scholarship, particularly that which originated from western researchers, focused on technical or structural issues facing literacy instruction in the region, such as language of instruction, school conditions, availability of books, and teacher training. Newer scholarship that has emerged primarily from African researchers focuses more on sociocultural...

In the United States alone, approximately 220,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be detected in 2007, and 27000 men will die of that disease. African American men will suffer disproportionately, having a prostate cancer incidence that is nearly 60% higher than their Caucasian counterparts. In fact, it is widely accepted that African American men have the highest incidence of prostate cancer in the world. This observation has led investigators to study the prostate cancer risk among...

We report the first combined measurements of the composition and flux of gas emitted from Nyiragongo volcano by ground‐based remote‐sensing techniques. Ultraviolet spectroscopic measurements made in May/June 2005 and January 2006 indicate average SO 2 emission rates of 38 kg s −1 and 23 kg s −1 , respectively. Open‐path Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic measurements obtained in May/June 2005, January 2006, and June 2007 indicate average molar proportions of 70, 24, 4.6, 0.87, 0.26,...

The purpose of this study was to examine factors related to the academic success of urban, African American youth. Participants were 118 African American male and female ninth graders from a large urban high school in the Midwest. A majority of students at the school receive free or reduced lunch. Factors studied were social support from five sources (parent, peer, teacher, classmate, close friend) and six educational attitudes and behaviors (educational intentions, educational behavior,...

Famines are often linked to drought in semi-arid areas of Sub-Saharan Africa where not only pastoralists, but also increasingly agro-pastoralists are affected. This study addresses the interplay between drought and famine in the rural semi-arid areas of Makueni district, Kenya, by examining whether, and how crop production conditions and agro-pastoral strategies predispose smallholder households to drought-triggered food insecurity. If this hypothesis holds, then approaches to deal with...